The University College London (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences) is seeking a Research Fellow to investigate how the social context and motivation affect social media behavior. We are particularly interested in the formation of echo chambers, self-selection and social influence processes … Continued
On September 28th, Professor Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our laboratory, delivered a lecture titled “Knowledge Resistance – Trust, Authorities, and Politics” during the inauguration of the new academic year at SWPS University. In her presentation, she discussed the influence … Continued
This paper contributes to the discussion on the dual-process theories – an influential topic in both cognitive and social psychology. The paper comments on a newly proposed dual-processes model by Wim De Neys. It identifies some problems with the proposed … Continued
In the context of the refugee crisis in Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authors conducted a four-wave panel study (N = 598) with time-lags of two and four weeks between waves in March and April 2022. Their study aimed … Continued
This year, between June 30th and July 4th, we had the pleasure of hosting the 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. We welcomed over 1700 guests and organized 11 parallel panels, along with numerous inspiring satellite … Continued
Discourse about people seeking refuge from conflict varies considerably. To understand what components of this discourse reach refugees the most, authors examined refugees’ perceptions of how their host communities perceive them (i.e., intergroup metaperceptions). They sampled refugees who fled Syria … Continued
A new article written by Sindhuja Sankaran, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Ulrich von Hecker has been published in Personality and Individual Differences. The present research examined the role of heightened perceived control as a strategy to cope with uncertainty in need for … Continued
A new paper in PSPB by Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Maciej Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, and Maryna Kołeczek from our Centre! When people consider what is good for their country, they might face a conflict between the country’s short-term and long-term interests. We … Continued
We are happy to share that Anna Potoczek from our team has received the prestigious START scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science. You can read more >>HERE<< Congratulations!
While the importance of a nation’s history for its current national issues is well established, whether and how that history may be leveraged to promote inclusive and amicable intergroup relationships is less clear. We offer answers to these questions by … Continued
We highly recommend reading an interview with prof. Małgorzata Kossowska on DigiPatch project conducted by Dr Samuel Nowak for onet.pl. “We try to describe the psychological and social mechanisms of creating narrow, rigid, and closed groups with strong identities, in which … Continued
In the latest interview prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our Centre, talks about the motivations behind the actions to help Ukrainian war refugees. It was conducted by Katarzyna Sroczyńska. The interview is in Polish. Highly recommended! https://oko.press/jak-pomagalismy-uchodzcom-z-ukrainy
Maciek Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska and Maryna Kołeczek from our lab just published a paper in the British Journal of Social Psychology! In order to clarify the perceptual underpinnings of critical national attachment, they examined the links between constructive … Continued
We invite you to join us on Friday 24th, 5 p.m. for the discussion called “War in Ukraine. How the conflict in the east changed Poland and Poles.” Discussants: – Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of the Department of Social Psychology … Continued
Best wishes to all our friends and collaborators!
Dear colleagues We hope that our email finds you well. We are writing to you as you are involved in running excellent MSc/MA courses and we hope that you can inform your current MSc/MA students about twelve new PhD studentships … Continued
We are happy to share with you that there is an open position for a postdoc researcher in our Lab! The project led by Małgorzata Kossowska is entitled “MOVING FROM NETWORKED TO PATCHWORKED SOCIETY: MOTIVATIONAL UNDERPINNINGS AND SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES” and it … Continued
Anna Potoczek from our Lab received the Best Dissertation Award from the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). Her dissertation was entitled ‘The impact of lack of control on norm perception and conformity’ and was supervised by Marcin Bukowski (also … Continued
We are happy to announce that Marta Maj from our lab has recently defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘Facing Hypocrisy: Cognitive Dissonance and Strategies of its Reduction Regarding Value Importance’. The thesis was written under the supervision of Małgorzata Kossowska, … Continued
Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z polskimi badaniami dotyczącymi psychologicznych i społecznych aspektów pandemii COVID-19. Poniżej publikujemy informacje na temat bazy autorstwa Estery Jańczak, Karoliny Nowak oraz Małgorzaty Kossowskiej z naszego Zakładu. Zamieszczamy też link do samej bazy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xFjKGLLAawiYZBouGThq20yRi31mw3yDRQPL0SZDl4/edit#gid=0 Zachęcamy do skorzystania! … Continued
Why do people multitask? When does multitasking increase and when does it decrease? And how do scientists study multitasking in the first place? A short summary of the recent paper by Ewa Szumowska from our Lab and Arie Kruglanski (University … Continued
There is an open call for the position of Assistant professor (postdoctoral researcher) in a group of researchers at the Faculty of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University in the field of psychology in the Department of Social Psychology! The position is … Continued
In the name of academic freedom and in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, the Centre of Social Cognitive Studies in the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, is offering to host 1 post-doc position for a social psychologist from Ukrainian … Continued
A new book with the chapters co-authored by the researchers from our Lab is out! ‘Knowledge Resistance in High-Choice Information Environments’ has been published by Routledge. Throughout the chapters, knowledge resistance is analyzed in an interdisciplinary manner, at the … Continued
In this research, we tested the hypothesis that ideology predicts the accuracy of factual beliefs. Specifically, we expected that right- (vs. left-) wing ideology would be associated with lower accuracy when assessing policy-relevant facts congenial to left– and right–wing beliefs. … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska was awarded with a CHANSE grant in a call “Transformations: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age”. Project title: “Moving From Networked To Patchworked Society: Motivational Unperpinnings and Societal Consequences” The main goal of the project is … Continued
A registered report by Anna Potoczek, Macrin Bukowski, Katarzyna Jaśko, and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab with several collaborators has been published in JESP! Rearch has shown that when control is threatened, people are more likely to turn to groups … Continued
A new paper in Psychological Science by Ewa Szumowska, Natalia Wójcik, Paulina Szwed, & Arie W. Kruglanski! People typically prefer feedback consistent with what they think of themselves and reject feedback inconsistent with their self-views (e.g., they disregard compliments they … Continued
Maryna Kołeczek, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Mirjana Rupar, and Maciej Sekerdej from our lab just published a new paper in Personality and Individual Differences. They found differences in the way critical and uncritical patriots think. Critical patriotism is the willingness to criticize one’s … Continued
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, dr Ewa Szumowska oraz dr Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka z naszego Centrum a także prof. Jolanta Perek-Białas wraz z Ośrodkiem Badań nad Migracjami przygotowali list skierowany do badaczy i badaczek którzy zamierzają badać migrantów przymusowych. Apel znajduje … Continued
We wish you all a happy time!
Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab together with Natalia Letki, Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, and Szymon Wichary published a book “Human Behaviour in Pandemics: Social and Psychological Determinants in a Global Health Crisis” in Routledge! “This timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide … Continued
A new paper by Maciek Sekerdej and Roger Giner-Sorolla was just published in Social Psychology! Interpersonal research has shown that guilt motivates perpetrators to compensate victims at the expense of a third party, indicating that the emotion’s goal involves reparative … Continued
Stypendium dla młodych naukowców / naukowczyń w związku z realizacją projektu pt. „Aktywne radzenie sobie z niekontrolowalnością: Inwestowanie wysiłku poznawczego jako strategia odbudowania kontroli osobowej” finansowanego ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki w ramach konkursu OPUS 21. Po więcej informacji zapraszamy >>TUTAJ<< … Continued
Uwaga studenci 4-5 roku zainteresowani doktoratem z zakresu psychologii społecznej! O sukcesie w naborze na studia doktoranckie decyduje przygotowanie i jakość projektu badawczego. Dobry projekt może także umożliwić dofinansowanie pracy w ramach studiów doktoranckich (wyższe stypendium, zapewnione wizyty studyjne, kursy … Continued
“The Executive Committee of EASP fully supports the sovereign rights of the people of Ukraine and fully condemns the Russian attack on their country. As social psychologists, many of our research topics focus on avoidance or de-escalation of conflicts, but … Continued
People who feel that they have no impact on politics tend to vote less often, which results in the fact that they are underrepresented in elections. Thus they cannot change the things they don’t like in politics, which works as … Continued
Read JU Rector’s letter to the academic community (in Polish, Ukrainian, and English) >>HERE<<
While there are reasons to expect that peer harassment experienced in adolescence is positively related to political radicalisation, this relationship has not yet been investigated. Marta Miklikowska, Katarzyna Jasko (from CSCS), and Ales Kudrnac examined this hypothesis in the five-wave … Continued
Wishing you a Happy Holiday and a joyful New Year. ❄️❄️❄️ Best wishes from our Centre! ❄️❄️❄️
Open Science encompasses a range of behaviors that aim to improve the transparency of scientific research. This article (co-authored by Katarzyna Jasko from CSCS) provides a toolbox of recommendations and resources for those aspiring to promote open scientific practices. The … Continued
We are pleased to share a new paper by the team of researchers with Sindhuja Sankaran from our Lab. They proposed an integrated framework to understand the consequences of COVID-19 threats for group dynamics and intergroup relations. Special attention was … Continued
We are glad to share with that Anna Potoczek from our lab has recently defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘The impact of lack of control on norm perception and conformity’. The thesis was written under the supervision of Marcin Bukowski … Continued
A new book on the psychology of extremism edited by Arie W. Kruglanski, Catalina Kopetz, and Ewa Szumowska published by Rourledge! In popular discourse, the term ‘extremism’ has come to mean largely ‘violent extremism’, but this is just one of … Continued
A new project entitled “Inclusivity Norms to Counter Polarization in European Societies (INCLUSIVITY)” funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung as part of the Challenges for Europe scheme will be performed in collaboration between our lab member – Marcin Bukowski and researchers from Osnabrück University, Utrecht … Continued
Resistance to granting refugee status to individuals often originates in the belief that the influx of refugees endangers national security because of the presumably extremist ideological beliefs refugees hold. The popularity of such narratives says more about the psychology of … Continued
A new paper by the members of our lab! Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, and Gabriela Czarnek have described a series of three studies, in which they examined the link between ideology, trust in scientists, and attitudes toward vaccines. They found … Continued
We are happy to share two recordings of interesting talks by our Head, prof. Małgorzata Kossowska. She was recently invited to comment on knowledge resistance at Wrocław University of Science and Technology [recording >>HERE<<] resilience to vaccinate at Copernicus Science Centre [recording … Continued
A new paper in Motivation and Emotion authored by Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Marcin Bukowski from our Centre is already published! Authors tested the effort pattern under uncontrollability situations for individuals with different level of uncertainty tolerance. They found … Continued
Today we present a new book by Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab, co-authored by Natalia Letki, Tomasz Zaleśkiewicz and Szymon Wichary. “Człowiek w obliczu pandemii” [eng. Man facing a pandemic] offers a psychological insight into various aspects of the current … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre talks about people’s behavior in the current pandemic situation. We highly recommend this interview for Gazeta Wyborcza (available in Polish language). You can read it >>HERE<<
How to make science more open and transparent? We will find out about it by listening to the podcast “Open Science”, created by a member of our Centre, Katarzyna Jaśko together with Bartosz Janik from the University of Silesia. The … Continued
We highly recommend a new paper by Gabriela Czarnek and Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. In the article, our colleagues analyzed the effects of needs for security and certainty (NSC) on economic beliefs and they suggested that these relationships are … Continued
We are happy to share a new paper entitled “On the psychology of extremism: How motivational imbalance breeds intemperance” in which the authors present a psychological model of extremism based on the concept of motivational imbalance. According to the model, … Continued
We are very happy to announce that Marcin Bukowski from our Centre was awarded with a scholarship in the prestigious Bekker Programme and will start a research stay at The University of Toronto, Canada. The title of his project is … Continued
Ewa Szumowska from our Centre talks about the background and common aspects of various extreme behaviors. We recommend a very interesting article on the Science in Poland portal (in Polish language only). We also recommend the related, new paper co-authored … Continued
Best wishes to our Friends and Collaborators!
An interesting interview with the members of our lab in ‘Polityka’. Małgorzata Kossowska, Gabriela Czarnek, and Paulina Szwed talk about their research on the relations between political views, education, and climate change beliefs as well as knowledge formation and political … Continued
Given the high level of political polarization, it is important to understand how ideology might affect empathy toward political opponents. In the research by Samantha Stevens, Carl Jago, Katarzyna Jasko from CSCS, and Gail Heyman, participants read about a hypothetical … Continued
We are proud to share that Ewa Szumowska from our lab received the OPUS grant from the National Science Centre! The project is titled ‘Balance Model of Goal Switching: From Multitasking to Extremism’ and you may read its description in … Continued
Gabriela Czarnek from our Centre together with Michael Richter and Paweł Strojny published a paper in Psychophysiology! The goals of this research were to analyze cardiac sympathetic recovery patterns and evaluate whether sympathetic cardiac responses to a task challenge can … Continued
We are very happy to announce that our colleague, Katarzyna Jaśko, received a prestigious scientific award in the competition organized by “Polityka” magazine! The scholarship was awarded to 5 Polish academics with outstanding scientific achievements. Katarzyna Jaśko is interested in … Continued
We are very proud to share that our colleagues have just published a paper titled “Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries” at Nature Climate Change! They analyzed the effects of education … Continued
We introduce an impressive dataset, co-authored by a member of our team, Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska. Scientists gathered information about strategies that 50+ countries developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dataset is published under Scientific Data (Nature) and it is … Continued
Researchers examined the job outcomes of men and women who recently graduated from STEM majors. The results demonstrated that women experienced more difficulties in finding a job, received fewer job offers, were less likely to find a job consistent with … Continued
Critical reflection on one’s own group is beneficial for the group in the long run, yet critics addressing its wrongdoings are usually not welcomed and have to cope with hostility and ostracism from the ingroup. The present research tested whether … Continued
What motivates prosocial behavior? – the answer to that question is not simple at all. Małgorzata Kossowska, Ewa Szumowska, Paulina Szwed, and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our team together with Arie Kruglanski shed some light on the issue in a paper … Continued
We are proud to share a new article by Ewa Szumowska (from our Centre) and Arie W. Kruglanski! In this article, the authors present a means-end perspective on curiosity. Specifically, they differentiate between curiosity as a motive/goal, which engenders various … Continued
We highly recommend a new paper authored by Wiktor Soral and Mirosław Kofta from Warsaw Universitry as well as Marcin Bukowski from our Centre about the control deprivation effects on implicit sense of agency published recently in “Journal of Experimental … Continued
A new book “Sense of control and uncertainty: consequences for understanding of social world” edited by Mirosław Kofta and Anna Rędzio is finally out! In the publication you can find latest research on how sense of control and uncertainty influence … Continued
We are very happy to share that Ewa Szumowska from our lab received a scholarship for outstanding young researchers from the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Congratulations! Check the details >>HERE<<
‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ by the members of our Lab is out for sale (in English). Highly recommended! You may check availability >>HERE<<
Two members of our Centre have been awarded NSC grants for their research! Paulina Szwed received a PRELUDIUM grant for the project titled ‘Effort processes in Cognitive Disonance reduction. Motivational Intensity Theory perspective’ and Katarzyna Jasko received OPUS for her … Continued
We are very proud to share that Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre received a grant from the National Science Centre in the Express call to found research on COVID-19! The project is titled “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on … Continued
We are very happy to share that Katarzyna Jasko from our lab received the GRIEG grant from the National Science Centre. The project titled ‘From apathy to violent extremism: Motivational foundations of political engagement’ will be run in cooperation with … Continued
People often seek new information and eagerly update their beliefs. Other times they avoid information or resist revising their beliefs. What explains those different reactions? Answers to this question often frame information processing as a competition between cognition and motivation. … Continued
Best Easter wishes to all our Friends and Collaborators! Stay healthy!
We recommend an article by David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Erica Molinario and Katarzyna Jasko from our team, recently published by ‘Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences’. The article identifies important existential and epistemic needs that motivate individuals to become ideological extremists … Continued
A new book of Małgorzata Kossowska, Ewa Szumowska and Paulina Szwed from our lab: ‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ (‘Tolerancja w czasach niepewności’) has been translated to English and will be available soon. Check details on … Continued
How do political elections affect the way people feel and why does it matter? Does winning make people more peaceful and benevolent while a defeat leads to hostility and support for violence? Katarzyna Jasko, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, Marta Szastok, … Continued
We invite you to listen to the lecture about positive changes in science in the last few years and about Open Science movement by Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre. The lecture is in Polish and you can watch it here.
We are happy to share that Katarzyna Jaśko and Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska from our lab together with two other colleagues authored a brilliant book on the psychology of activism (‘Walcz, protestuj, zmieniaj świat’). The book (in Polish) is already out for sale. https://sklep.smakslowa.pl/walcz-protestuj-zmieniaj-swiat.html … Continued
How do we deal with conflicting information in times of Internet? Why people believe in fake news? What’s the role of scientists in shaping knowledge nowadays? – watch an interview with Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our lab, for Copernicus … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko and Gary LaFree compared leaders and followers in extremist groups with regard to their engagement in political violence. In a sample of 1331 individuals who have committed ideologically motivated violence in the United States they found that even … Continued
Gabriela Czarnek from our Centre together with Paweł Strojny, Agnieszka Strojny, and Michael Richter have just published a paper in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction! The goal of their study was to investigate the patterns of engagement among professional firefighters … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand, Muh Taufiqurrohman, Malkanthi Hettiarachchi, and Rohan Gunaratna have just published a new article in ‘Journal of Personality and Social Psychology’. The paper investigates the role of social context in violent … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with Karolina Dukala and Marta Szastok have just published a new article in the ‘Journal of Applied Social Psychology’! In three studies they showed that when female students focused on similarities between men and … Continued
Dear Friends and Collaborators, have a good time!
What motivates sacrifice for a political cause? Katarzyna Jasko, Marta Szastok, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, and Arie Kruglanski investigated this problem in six studies, which included diverse groups of political activists such as feminist activists engaged in Czarny Protest, environmental … Continued
Some great news to share! Our colleague Marcin Bukowski was awarded with the grant “Impact of lack of control experiences on intergroup relations: The role of coalition formation and recategorization processes” funded by the Polish National Centre for Science. The … Continued
Is it possible to decrease stereotyping tendency among older adults? New paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Michael Richter aims at investigating this problem. Authors of the paper showed that stereotyping tendency of older people might be mitigated under … Continued
Marcin Bukowski from our Centre, together with colleagues, tested an alternative prediction that the salient lack of personal control (vs. having control) experienced in the context of unemployment can lead to connectedness and more positive perception of similar others (e.g. … Continued
Why do people take part in protests? Where does motivation to engage in social and political movements come from? Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre will give answer to these and other questions. The video is first from the series of … Continued
Best wishes for all our Friends and Collaborators:
We are very proud and happy to share this: Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our Centre, was elected chairman of the Council of the National Science Centre! Congratulations! You may want to read more in >>the news<< on the … Continued
We are happy to inform you that an overview of the event ‘Rethinking Refugees – Knowledge and Action’ co-organised by our colleague Sindhuja Sankaran was lately published on https://www.easp.eu website. To learn more about this wonderful initiative please go to https://www.easp.eu/news/itm/-787.html. Highly … Continued
Our sense of control is often lost and regained many times a day. Such fluctuations might influence the way we perceive and categorize the world and other people. In this research, Marcin Bukowski from our Centre and collaborators asked how … Continued
‘Both rightists and leftists are prejudiced — but toward different groups’ – what does it mean? Eric B. Dolan on the PsyPost website asks this question discussing the new paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Paulina Szwed, and Małgorzata Kossowska from out … Continued
Our colleague Ewa Szumowska talks about her research on the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and multitasking in Science Trends. You can read the article >>HERE<< Highly recommended!
The majority of psychological research so far was focused on showing that people holding right-wing political beliefs, in comparison to left-wingers, are more prejudiced. Nevertheless, some researchers were questioning this assumption and showed that both rightists and leftists might be … Continued
We have openings for several positions in our lab! The new grant of Maciek Sekerdej (Ph.D.) ‘Between nationalism and cosmopolitanism: Perceptual and motivational factors shaping critical national attachment’ is a great opportunity to join our team and take part in … Continued
Who is a refugee/migrant/an asylum seeker? What journey did they endure? Why do we fear them? What are the current challenges of this situation? How can we help victims of war and persecution? How can we enable integration and come … Continued
This month Rex Wright, Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas, is visiting our Centre. During his stay prof. Wright is conducting several workshops: on The Nature of Love (11-12.10), Motives to Help and Harm (15-16.10) and Fatigue and … Continued
We are happy to open the Science First series – an initiative to promote psychological knowledge and its application by ‘All in UJ’. Join us to discuss about tolerance with the authors of newly publish book on the subject, our … Continued
We are happy to inform you that Gabriela Czarnek and Piotr Dragon from our Lab won 2018 Solomon Asch Award for the best paper by young researchers published in Social Psychological Bulletin (Psychologia Społeczna). More to be found at: https://spb.psychopen.eu/about#SolomonAschAward Congratulations!
What is the reason for growing support for the extreme right-wing parties in many countries of the world? Where does the distrust in democracy and international integration come from? Traditional explanations referring to the socio-economic factors, religiosity, or private beliefs … Continued
We are happy to invite you to lectures and workshops conducted by our guest – prof. Ying-Yi Hong (Chinese University of Hong Kong)! Professor’s main interests are concentrated on culture and cognition, identity in intercultural approach and on intergroup relations. … Continued
We are happy to announce that Ewa Szumowska from our Centre recently received the research grant from National Science Centre! Full name of the project is “Self-verification in the context of epistemic motivation”. Previous studies showed that people tend to … Continued
If you’re interested in religious fundamentalism and its cognitive underpinnings we encourage you to read a post about studies on this topic conducted by members of our lab – Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Gabriela Czarnek and colleagues. Enjoy!
How the process of emotion regulation in powerless groups looks like? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with colleagues from Spain, Chile, and the Netherlands tried to answer this question in their studies published lately in ‘Polish Psychological Bulletin’. The … Continued
How religious fundamentalism works on the level of basic, neural reactions? – researchers from our Centre together with collaborators shed some light on this complex problem. In the EEG study they found that among people intolerant to uncertainty (those with … Continued
How touch is perceived in social dyadic interactions, depending on its temporal features (initiation / reciprocity of touch) and more or less formal character? These interesting questions were asked and answered in work of Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre and … Continued
Happy Easter to our collaborators, friends, and families!
Two special guests visited our Centre this month. First, we had a chance to take part in a workshop on pre-registration and registered reports conducted by Kai Jonas (University of Maastricht), founding editor of Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology – … Continued
May multitasking performance be somehow dependent on the level of need for closure (NFC)? – according to new studies by the members of our Centre, yes! Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska together with Arne Roets (Ghent University, Belgium) recently published … Continued
We are happy to invite you to the public defense of Gabriela Czarnek! The thesis is titled ‘The Moderating Impact of Effort Engagement on Stereotyping in Older Age’ and it was prepared under supervision of prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, and in … Continued
14th Winter Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations organized by our Centre is sadly over. This year it took place in Poronin, and as usually was an opportunity to listen to great talks and take part in inspiring discussions. … Continued
We are happy to invite all of you for the public defense of Krzysztof Hanusz doctoral thesis (titled ‘Wpływ poczucia skuteczności na efekt ekspozycji na grę komputerową’). His supervisor is prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, reviewers prof. dr hab. Paweł Doliński (SWPS Wrocław) … Continued
We are proud to announce that our colleague Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka (PhD) has received a research grant from Polish National Science Centre! Her project regards to perception of god(s) and risk taking. Congratulations! The full list of grants that received funding … Continued
What is the position of women in science, especially in Poland? What are their perspectives? Are we, Poles, open and tolerant enough? What holdes some of us back? Where does terrorism come from? Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre answers those … Continued
We wanted to wish all the best to our Friends and Colleagues! Have a good time!
A new article by our colleagues in European Journal of Social Psychology! Maciek Sekerdej together with Małgorzata Kossowska and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our Centre recently published a paper on the relationship between epistemic motivation and intergroup perception (mediated through the … Continued
On October 4th Marzena Rusanowska from our Centre defended her thesis titled ”Attention biases in depression. Attention Bias Modification Training as therapeutic intervention”. Her supervisors were prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, and dr hab. Izabela Krejtz (SWPS) and the reviewers were prof. … Continued
We are very proud to announce that two members of our Centre, Ewa Szumowska and Gabriela Czarnek, received funding under the prestigious Mobility Plus Program.The program, established by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education, is addressed to young scientists, … Continued
A paper on the link between need for cognitive closure (NFCC) and endorsment of conspiracy theories, published in the ‘European Journal of Social Psychology’ and written by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata … Continued
Using valid and reliable measures is a part of good scientific practice. Gabriela Czarnek, Piotr Dragon and Paulina Szwed from our Centre together with Bogdan Wojciszke (SWPS, Sopot) aimed to check psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. They ran … Continued
We are very happy to share that Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our group, was elected a member of Executive Committe of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). EASP is one of the most important social psychological organizations nowadays, with … Continued
Online news outlet “Science & Scholarship in Poland” writes about the studies on conspiracy beliefs that Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) and Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent) conducted together with Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. Take a moment to get … Continued
On June 12th Ewa Szumowska from our Centre defended her thesis titled ”Motivational predictors of multitasking performance: Need for cognitive closure and multitasking strategy and performance”. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska was the thesis supervisor, the reviewers were prof. dr hab. … Continued
Conspiracy theories may be attractive to people who seek certainty when facing unclear situations – that was an assumption of research conducted by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) together with Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata Kossowska from … Continued
Embodied cognition – a perspective joining cognitive with physical aspects of human functioning – gained lots of attention recentely. Katarzyna Cantarero and Michał Parzuchowski together with Karolina Dukała from our Centre tested whether hand-over-heart gesture diminishes other-oriented dishonesty, as previous … Continued
Condition of social psychology is a matter that Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova together with Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre investigate in the paper published by European Journal of Social Psychology. In-depth analysis let the authors reflect on both – … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Maciek Sekerdej and Miroslaw Wyczesany ran a psychophysiological study on threat relieving strategies in religious context. Groups that hold a certain worldview often react with prejudice toward groups of opposit views. Following this reasoning, … Continued
New paper from our lab! Ewa Szumowska, Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska & Rex Wright (University of Texas) published their paper titled “Multifaceted Effects of Need for Cognitive Closure on Effort: A Cardiovascular Response Study. Motivation Science” in “Motivation Science”. In … Continued
A new paper from our group! Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska published their article “When the going gets tough, the tough get going: Motivation towards closure and effort investment in the performance of cognitive tasks” in Motivation & … Continued
Happy Easter to all our collaborators, friends, & family 🙂
We have a new paper published in Frontiers in Psychology! Sindhuja Sankaran and Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre together with Ulrich von Hecker from Cardiff University examined the effects of norm violation on status representation in the context of the … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska in an interview for the Polish Press Agency (PAP) explained how people of dogmatic religiosity behave when facing uncerianty. Relying on the recent EEG study conducted with collaborators (Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany), she … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska published a paper titled Need for cognitive closure and attention allocation during multitasking: Evidence from eye-tracking studies in Personality and Individual Differences. In a series of two eye-tracking studies they found that high NFC participants in order to … Continued
Why do we choose scapegoats – what is so special about them, what mechanism lies behind that process and can we replace it with something else? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre talked to Szymon Łucyk from Tygodnik Powszechny (weekly magazine) … Continued
On February 15th we had a novel event going on in our Centre – a visit of students from International School in Dubai. The group spent a few hours first listening to the lecture on the relation betweem prejudice and … Continued
What is a mechanism of dogmatism, which forms does it take, what are the consequences and… why bother? Małgorzata Kossowska, the Head of our Centre, explains this complex phenomena in an interview for the BBC World Service. Listen to the … Continued
This Monday Agnieszka Strojny from our Centre defended her thesis on the role of epistemical motivation (need for cognitive closure) and cognitive resources accessibility on susceptibility to fundamental attribution error. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska was the thesis supervisor, the reviewers of the … Continued
The 13th Winter Seminar took place January 27 – 29th in Szczyrk. During 3 days of meeting we discussed more than 20 presentations on very broad scope of topics (from bilingualism and control deprivation to stereotyping), all connected to social … Continued
We are pleased to share that Piotr Dragon was awarded with HARMONIA grant from the National Science Center. His project The relationship between two dimensions of social perception – warmth and competence – from connectionist modeling perspective. Piotr will work on the project with … Continued
Last Thursday, member of our team, Marta Szastok, defended her thesis on the relationship between women’s benevolent and hostile sexism impact on perception on other women in traditional and nontraditional roles. The reviewers of Marta’s thesis were prof. dr hab. … Continued
To all our friends, collaborators, and people interested in social psychology: Merry Christmas and all the best for upcoming year 2017!
This year our team joined efforts to prepare a noble box: a Christmas gift for a family in need. Again, our leader was Ewa Szumowska! Ewa, thank you for your inspiration and efforts to make it happen.
We are happy to share that during the first meeting of the new Council of the National Science Centre on December 15th prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our group, was nominated as a leader of the Arts, Humanities and Social … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko, Gary LaFree, and Arie Kruglanski published an article about radicalization in ‘Political Psychology’. In a group of 1496 individuals who committed ideologically motivated crimes in the US they found that instances of low personal significance were related to greater … Continued
During our last lab group meeting we had a pleasure to host Hans-Peter Erb, a professor from Helmut-Schimdt University in Hamburg. He gave a talk on the Need for Uniqueness titled ‘When minority status appeals: The case of uniqueness’. As … Continued
A new paper in “Personality and Individual Differences”! Sindhuja Sankaran and colleagues published paper on the role of need for closure (NFC) and situational appraisals in creative performance. They showed that high NFC individuals would show reduced creativity due to … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska wrote second paper on the relationship between motivation and multitasking performance. They again showed that higher level of the Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) is not a ‘bad’ thing. In contrast, they demonstrated that high … Continued
Apart from publishing research in academic journals it is important to share the knowledge with a broader audience. Gabriela Czarnek from our team published a guest blog post for Veebit on the relationship between Uncertainty Avoidance and political beliefs. You … Continued
We are happy to share that Marcin Bukowski from our Centre in cooperation with Immo Fritsche (University of Leipzig), Ana Guinote (University College London) and Mirosław Kofta (University of Warsaw) edited a book in the ‘Current Issues in Social Psychology’ … Continued
We are very proud to share with you that Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska and collaborators received European Roma Spirit Award they were nominated to! The award is a recognition for their book ‘Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in … Continued
We are very proud to share the information that two of our colleagues received important University awards during the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2016/17! Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska received ‘Laur Jagielloński’ for outstanding scientific achievements and Marcin Bukowski was awarded with The Rector Award … Continued
Not always higher level in Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) is related to boost in prejudice or stereotyping. Małgorzata Kossowska, Marcin Bukowski, and Piotr Dragon from our group together with Ana Guinote (University College London) and Arie Kruglanski (University of … Continued
Popularity in group is a major concern for some. But who exactly is popular – e.g. does narcissism or emotional intelligence (EI) has anything to do with it? Anna Czarna and Magdalena Śmieja from our Centre together with the team … Continued
We are happy to announce that Krystian Barzykowski’s team with Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska from our Centre is nominated to European Roma Spirit Award 2016 for their book ‘Selected problems of psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents in the context … Continued
Another paper from our lab group: Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany is published in ‘Personality and Individual Differences’. In the article titled “Anxiolytic Functions of Fundamental Beliefs: Neurocognitive Evidence” researchers asked question whether people … Continued
Connection between stress and moral decision making was a subject of interest of our Centre’s team. According to previous research, stress promotes rather deontological than utilitarian decisions. Małgorzata Kossowska, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Ewa Szumowska, and Anna Czarna from our Centre took … Continued
During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented his research proposal on the relationship between cognitive dissonance and rumination and it’s impact on depression. This work will be a part of Jacek’s dissertation.
On April 26th Gabriela and Paulina showed us a decent bit of their research on attitudes toward outgroups. The presentation was titled “Everybody Dislike Somebody (Sometimes): Value Violation as a Source of Prejudice Toward Groups with Opposing Values” and challenged the traditional … Continued
Last Tuesday during the lab group meeting Gabriela Czarnek presented the results from her studies on the moderating impacy of effort engagement on stereotyping in older age. The presentation made us think about both cognitive and motivational aspects of social … Continued
Global economic crisis – a hot topic of movies and street talks is also a topic of current academic debate. Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with Soledad de Lemus, Rosa Rodriguez-Bailón and Guillermo B. Willis checked whether blaming outgroups … Continued
During the lab group meeting Piotr Dragon gave presentation titled “Exploring the relation between warmth and competence in social perception: a connectionist modeling approach”. During his talk he presented his recent studies on the computational model of impression formation. Piotrek in … Continued
Can patriotism be simply defined by love to one’s nation? – according to current studies, not necessarily. Maciej Sekerdej from our Centre together with Sonia Roccas from the Open University of Israel published a paper on conventional and constructive patriotism … Continued
Is there one universal reaction to power? According to the new paper by Małgorzata Kossowska, Ana Guinote, and Paweł Strojny published in Motivation & Emotion – there is not, at least when we talk about information processing. It seems that ‘Power … Continued
During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented results from his latest study on the relationship between cognitive dissonance and rumination and it’s impact on depression. We discussed the results, its possible explanation and ideas for future studies. Jacek is planning to … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab published a paper that will be published in Personality and Individual Differences. It is titled ‘Need for closure and multitasking performance: The role of shifting ability’. You can read the paper (full version!) … Continued
Soledad de Lemus – the researcher cooperating with us – together with Marcin Bukowski from our Centre, Russell Spears and Maïka Telga have published a paper in the special issue of Zeitschrift für Psychologie. Their article is titled ‘Reactance to (or … Continued
Let us invite you once again for the Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency which will take place May 20 – 22nd. There is still an opportunity to register as an active participant as the abstract submission deadline has been … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko with Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova have just published new paper titled “Aspects of motivation: Reflections on Roy Baumeister’s essay”. Paper is published in Motivation and Emotion. Advanced online publication is available >>HERE<<.
We’re pleased to share that we are present on the biggest social platform! From now on, CSCS has its own site on Facebook – run in both English and Polish language version. You can read the latest updates – … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre, Daniel Bar – Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski and Philip G. Zimbardo are the psychologists that Gazeta Wyborcza cites in the context of current political situation in Poland. How conflicts are shaped (especially by uncertainty) and how … Continued
We are pleased to announce that two new invited speakers confirmed their participation in the event. Rex Wright (University of North Texas) and Bill Swann (University of Texas at Austin) will join us in Krakow and give talks on their … Continued
We are pleased to share that Cindy Harmon-Jones accepted our invitation to join the Small Group Meeting on Cognitive Consistency! Cindy Harmon-Jones is a researcher working in the field of emotions, motivations, and cognitive dissonance at University of New South Wales … Continued
We are please to inform that our group will be organizing Small Group Meeting in Krakow between 20-22nd May 2016. The topic is “Cognitive Consistency” – topic with a long tradition in Social Psychology. The goal of this small group meeting is … Continued
On Friday, December 18th, Johannes Keller, Chair of Social Psychology from Ulm University (Germany) gave a talk on “What makes people who they are? According to essentialist lay theories the answer is: Genes, social environment, and spiritual forces”. Below you can find an … Continued
Last Thursday, member of our team, Joanna Pyrkosz – Pacyna, defended her PhD thesis on the personality and situational factors affecting success in entrepreneurship. Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska was Joanna’s advisor. The reviewers were dr hab. Anna Zalewska, prof. SWPS and dr hab. … Continued
Our team decided to join Noble Box Project (with a little inspiration from Ewa!). The project is established to provide aid to families struggling with poverty. It is organized before Christmas holidays. Our aim was to prepare a Christmas gift … Continued
Our colleague Joanna Grzymała – Moszczyńska together with prof. Halina Grzymała – Moszczyńska, Joanna Durlik and Paulina Szydłowska from the Institute of Psychology UJ gave an interview for Gazeta Wyborcza (Duży Format, December 10th). They discussed the situation of people (especially … Continued
During the lab group meeting Marta Szastok presented her doctoral research on the relationship between benevolent and hostile sexism on system justification.
Sindhuja Sankaran talked to “Gazeta Wyborcza”, polish newspaper, on latest racist incidents in Kraków. The reason for the article was the attack on Navjot Sawhney, british citizen with Indian roots. The full version of the article is available >>HERE<< (in … Continued
We are pleased to share that Maciej Sekerdej was awarded with HARMONIA grant from the National Science Center. His project “National identity in relational perspective: the impact of intragroup relations on intergroup attitudes“. It will be implemented in cooperation with international team: … Continued
During the meeting we discussed the paper written by Katarzyna Jaśko and Aneta Czernatowicz on the relationship between BIS, NFC, and decision-making. As one of the authors is currently away, we conducted this meeting via skype :).
Marcin Bukowski (PI) and Katarzyna Jaśko in co-operation with Philipp Jugert (PI) and Immo Fritsche from University of Leipzig were awarded a Beethoven grant from National Science Center on the project: “Threat to Control and Social Norms: Conformity, Change or Formation”. Congratulations! Read … Continued
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings (in October and November 2015) is presented below. 10.11.2015 During the meeting Sindhuja Sankaran and Ewa Szumowska presented their research on multiple goal pursuit. 24.10.2015 During the meeting Joanna Cyganiewicz … Continued
Katarzyna Jaśko received an award for young and promising scientists from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The prize is meant for the most outstanding researchers with international achievements. Contragulations Katarzyna! We are very proud! The full list of … Continued
We are pleased to share that Katarzyna Jaśko was awarded SONATA grant from the National Science Center. Her project named “Psychological mechanisms of solidarity with disadvantaged groups’ relates to underdog-solidarity and motivation beneath”. It will be implemented in cooperation with Marta Szastok. … Continued
About the Meeting Exerting control over the environment has been recognized within various domains of psychology (basic, personality, social, developmental etc.) as a fundamental type of motivation. The cognitive, emotional and motivational effects of control deprivation had been extensively studied … Continued
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in summer semester 2015 is presented below. 14.07.2015 James Greville, Swansea University, presented his research on “Generalised and derived conditioned suppression in virtual reality environments” 23.06.2015 Ewa Szumowska presented her … Continued
As previous years, a 3-day seminar took place between the 7th and 9th of March 2015. This year we returned to the winter capital of Poland, Zakopane and the seminar turned out to be a great platform to exchange research … Continued
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in winter semester 2014/2015 is presented below. 03.03.2015 During the meeting Jacek Legierski presented his research proposal on cognitive dissonance. 16.12.2014 During the meeting dr Marcin Bukowski presented his results … Continued
Our long-established 3-day winter seminar took place between the 14 and 16 March 2014, for the second time in Gliczarów. Expectedly, the meeting was rewarding, both scientifically and socially 🙂
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in winter semester 2013/2014 is presented below. 07.01.2014 During the meeting Maria Hornowska-Stoch presented her research proposal on “Different aspects of uncertainty and couple reflections about fanaticism”. 17.12.2013 During the … Continued
This event took place between 13th and 15th September 2013. The pictures are available HERE.
This conference was held between 30th June and 2nd July 2013. As the title suggests, the conference addressed social and motivational processes, focusing on issues of both theoretical and practical concern. Symposium and poster presentations pertained to the broadly construed topic of … Continued
The list of topics dissused during past lab group meetings in summer semester 2013 is presented below. 11.06.2013 During the meeting we discussed results of Gabriela Czarnek research on neurocognitive correlates of Need for Cognitive Closure. 28.05.2013 During the meeting … Continued
This conference was held between 27th and 29th June, 2013. The aim of the meeting was to enable researchers to share novel findings about epistemic process, and work towards developing a common, multi-level approach that combines the neuroscience of intra- … Continued
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska gave interview for “POLITYKA”, polish weekly magazine. The topic was knowledge formation and the need for certainty in everyday life. You can read the interview >>here<< (available in polish only).
We organized our traditional 3-day winter seminar (8-10 February 2013) with social psychology researchers from other Polish universities. It was a successful event that facilitated future research collaborations by exchanging and discussing compelling results and ideas. Integrating science with socializing is what social psychology is … Continued
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska was awarded with a MAESTRO grant from National Science Centre. MAESTRO is the most prestigious grant scheme in Poland, awarded to experienced researchers for conducting pioneering research, including interdisciplinary research. According to the National Science Centre projects within … Continued
The winter seminar on social cognition that took place in Zakopane from the 3rd to 5th of February 2012 established yet another successful platform and opportunity to meet with fellow researchers from Poland. While the seminar focused on some cardinal … Continued
The Social Psychology department of the Institute of Psychology (Jagiellonian University) has a long lasting tradition of organizing small annual seminars, during which researchers from Poland and occasionally from other countries (e.g., UK, Spain, Israel) are invited to share their newest … Continued
